Vikramarkudu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty. It follows a thief who discovers a girl insisting he is her father, while a series of events connect his life to her actual father, who is his look-alike. The film's music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing by Sarvesh Murari and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively. Vikramarkudu was released on 23 June 2006 with 180 prints globally. Made on a budget of ₹11 crore (US$2.4 million), Vikramarkudu was commercially successful earning a distributors' share of 23 crore (US$5.1 million). The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. Vikramarkudu was a breakthrough film for Anushka Shetty. The film was remade in Kannada as Veera Madakari (2009), in Tamil as Siruthai (2011), in Hindi as Rowdy Rathore (2012), in Indian Bengali as Bikram Singha (2012) and twice in Bangladeshi Bengali as Ulta Palta 69 (2007) and Action Jasmine (2015). Plot Atthili Satthi Babu (Ravi Teja) is a rookie thief in Hyderabad, who is crazy about performing daredevil acts. Once, he meet Neeraja, who is in Hyderabad to attend a marriage, and they falls in love immediately. Satthi Babu tells her the truth about him being a thief and resolves to give up crime forever. But before that, he decides to swindle one last person for a large sum of money along with his uncle Duvva. He tricks a woman at a bus stand and flees with a trunk. This leads Satthi Babu to Neha, a young girl who was in the trunk instead of the wealth he thought was in the trunk, who thinks that Satthi Babu is her father. Flummoxed by what is happening, but forced to keep Neha with her as a police officer Inspector Mahanti keeps his eye on him. Although he tries keeping Neha away from Neeraja's eyes, the latter finds out about Neha. Angry and hurt, Neeraja leaves for her place, leaving Satthi Babu heartbroken. Soon, unknown goons attack him, taking him to be Assistant Superintendent of Police, Vikram Singh Rathore IPS (Ravi Teja), Neha's real father. Rathore looks exactly like Satthi Babu, which had caused all the confusion. While many unknown people help Satthi Babu run to safety with Neha in his arms, he is soon